Mailing List Archive: MythTV compile problems

MythTV compile problems

Feb 6, 2003, 10:22 PM

Post #1 of 5 (4125 views)

I am fairly new to linux, but MythTV has definitely inspired me to learn
more. The documentation has been incredibly helpful. However, at the
moment, I am having compile problems.

I am running Mandrake 9.0
The last few lines I recieve when running make are what follows:

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g++ -shared -Wl,-soname,libmyth-0.7.so.0 -o libmyth-0.7.so.0.7.0 dialogbox.o
guidegrid.o infodialog.o infostructs.o lcddevice.o programinfo.o settings.o
themedmenu.o mythcontext.o moc_dialogbox.o moc_guidegrid.o moc_infodialog.o
moc_lcddevice.o moc_themedmenu.o -L/usr/lib/qt3/lib -L/usr/X11R6/lib
-lqt-mt -lpthread -lXext -lX11 -lm
/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lXext
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make[2]: *** [libmyth-0.7.so.0.7.0] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/myhome/Documents/mythtv-0.7/libs/libmyth'
make[1]: *** [sub-libmyth] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/myhome/Documents/mythtv-0.7/libs'
make: *** [sub-libs] Error 2

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Any help would be very much appreciated.

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Re: MythTV compile problems [ In reply to ]

gtgj at pacbell

Feb 7, 2003, 12:48 AM

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>>>>> On Fri, 07 Feb 2003 00:22:35 -0500, "Baba O'Riley" <grantstoll@hotmail.com> said:

[...]

b> g++ -shared -Wl,-soname,libmyth-0.7.so.0 -o libmyth-0.7.so.0.7.0
b> dialogbox.o guidegrid.o infodialog.o infostructs.o lcddevice.o
b> programinfo.o settings.o themedmenu.o mythcontext.o moc_dialogbox.o
b> moc_guidegrid.o moc_infodialog.o moc_lcddevice.o moc_themedmenu.o
b> -L/usr/lib/qt3/lib -L/usr/X11R6/lib -lqt-mt -lpthread -lXext -lX11 -lm
b> /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lXext

Do you have XFree86-devel installed?
--
Gregorio Gervasio, Jr.
gtgj@pacbell.net

RE: MythTV compile problems [ In reply to ]

rkulagowski at thrupoint

Feb 7, 2003, 1:18 AM

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Did you read the HOWTO?
http://www.mythtv.org/docs/mythtv-HOWTO-17.html#ss17.6

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Re: MythTV compile problems [ In reply to ]

kslater at pobox

Feb 7, 2003, 8:03 AM

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I had the same problem. You need to put some soft links in for those
libraries in order for myth to find them at link time. (ln -s
libXext.so.6 libXext.so for example.)

...Kevin

Baba O'Riley wrote:

> I am fairly new to linux, but MythTV has definitely inspired me to
> learn more. The documentation has been incredibly helpful. However,
> at the moment, I am having compile problems.
>
> I am running Mandrake 9.0
> The last few lines I recieve when running make are what follows:
>
> --------------------------
>
> g++ -shared -Wl,-soname,libmyth-0.7.so.0 -o libmyth-0.7.so.0.7.0
> dialogbox.o guidegrid.o infodialog.o infostructs.o lcddevice.o
> programinfo.o settings.o themedmenu.o mythcontext.o moc_dialogbox.o
> moc_guidegrid.o moc_infodialog.o moc_lcddevice.o moc_themedmenu.o
> -L/usr/lib/qt3/lib -L/usr/X11R6/lib -lqt-mt -lpthread -lXext -lX11 -lm
> /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lXext
> collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
> make[2]: *** [libmyth-0.7.so.0.7.0] Error 1
> make[2]: Leaving directory
> `/home/myhome/Documents/mythtv-0.7/libs/libmyth'
> make[1]: *** [sub-libmyth] Error 2
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/myhome/Documents/mythtv-0.7/libs'
> make: *** [sub-libs] Error 2
>
> -------------------------------
>
> Any help would be very much appreciated.
>
>
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Re: MythTV compile problems [ In reply to ]

grantstoll at hotmail

Feb 7, 2003, 9:27 AM

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First off, I have to say, Linux tech support is far superior to Windows...

Problem fixed. I looked at the trouble shooting section for a different
problem... not sure why I didn't for this one. XFree86-devel was the
problem.

Thank you everyone. When I get home from work I am going to finish my
install. If I have any more problems, I am sure you will be seeing them.

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